eBird Field Checklist
Buffalo Springs NR
, Eastern, KE
ebird.org/hotspot/L1008193
259 species (+3 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Ostriches
Somali Ostrich
Waterfowl
Egyptian Goose
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Harlequin Quail
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Pigeons and Doves
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Bustards
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Turacos
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Sombre Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Swifts
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Corn Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Black Crake
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Greater Painted-Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Little Stint
Three-banded Courser
Somali Courser
Storks
African Woolly-necked Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Shikra
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Augur Buzzard
Owls
African Scops-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Violet Woodhoopoe
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Kingfishers
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Somali Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Red-fronted Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
Honeyguides
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Red-bellied Parrot
Old World Orioles
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Pygmy Batis
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Slate-colored Boubou
Rosy-patched Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
Fan-tailed Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Somali Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
Larks
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Red-winged Lark
Singing Bushlark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Northern Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-vented Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Pale Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia
Rattling Cisticola
Ashy Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Martins and Swallows
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Bulbuls
Northern Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Banded Parisoma
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Rufous Chatterer
Brown Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Bristle-crowned Starling
Magpie Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
Superb Starling
Fischer's Starling
Thrushes
African Bare-eyed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Gambaga Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Common Nightingale
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Hunter's Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Black-bellied Sunbird
Shining Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Black-capped Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
African Golden-Weaver
Golden Palm Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Cardinal Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Fire-fronted Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Estrildids
Gray-headed Silverbill
African Silverbill
Black-cheeked Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-billed Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
whydah sp.
Old World Sparrows
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Golden Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Reichenow's Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Northern Grosbeak-Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting